Speech-Language Pathologist

Qualifications

• Valid Arkansas Department of Education teacher license
• Valid license from Arkansas Board of Examiners, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
• Certificate of clinical competency

Responsibilities

• Follows and maintains knowledge of all District policies and procedures.
• Has familiarity with and subsequent compliance with Arkansas rules and regulations and eligibility criteria for Special Education, Speech Language Impairment.
• Develops and implements treatment plans/goals and objectives to assist students with speech disorders, such as delayed language, articulation, voice, and fluency.
• Collects data, documents information, and writes reports with details regarding student billing/insurance, evaluations, progress, treatment, and discharge of students from services.
• Develops school programs or activities for individuals and/or groups to deal with language, behavior, and speech problems.
• Instructs students on how to strengthen the muscles of the face, tongue, and jaw to facilitate improved speech production.
• Attends Special Education conferences and reports student performance to parents and other members of the student's team.
• Affirms student needs and adjusts treatments in accordance with student progression.
• Evaluates language, speech, or hearing test results as well as medical information to diagnose and develop a treatment plan for fluency, language, speech and voice disorders.

Requirements

Reports To Building Principal
Supervises Not applicable

Terms of Employment

• The contract length will be 190 days.

Evaluation

• Based on local district policy and Arkansas Department of Education guidelines, and performed by the building principal.

Job Goal

The Speech-Language Pathologist will work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, and cognitive communication to children identified as eligible for Special Education services in the school setting.